HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 c610W
Sir Nicholas Lyell

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will publish details of legal fees and insurance products available to litigants with conditional fee agreements. [79340]

Mr. Hoon

As the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows, the details of legal fees are a matter of privilege between the lawyer and his client and cannot, therefore, be collected centrally. Insurance products to support the use of conditional fees are coming into the market regularly. I doubt that a comprehensive list of products exists or can be put together, given the vibrant and expanding nature of this market.